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MY CAREER AS A BOOK REVIEWER DEFENDING THE FAITH

Maurice A. Williams

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Description:In my youth, I was always interested in writing, and I got a job that required me to write technical articles on how to operate mechanical machines and systems supplied by my employer. I was successful at that, but I never lost my interest in purely literary pursuits. I was also interested in science and religion, especially “The Book of Revelation.” Finally after thirty years, I decided to write an interpretation of Revelation myself.My book was ready for publication in 2002, and I released it through trough Xlibris Corporation. I revised it and published my revised version through iUniverse in 2008. I paid about a dozen professional book reviewers to review my book. They all posted positive reviews on my books, but here I am, eight years later with practically no sales of my book and frustrated.To increase my visibility to the book-reading public I began posting book reviews on The Internet. You would think my book reviews would attract some attention to my own book by then, but here I am, 85 years old, and haven't gotten anywhere with my writing career. Altogether, I wrote about 100 book reviews that I thought were pretty good, but I fear I will probably wind up with nothing to show for all my efforts as a writer. So, before everything falls apart, and I have to just give up my career as a writer, I thought I would try my hand at publishing seventy of my best book reviews through Amazon Kindle Publishing. Before pursuing with marketing of my book, I decided to seek opinions of others about the book.Here is what Diane Donovan of Midwest Book Review in California had to say about my book:In 2008, Maurice A. Williams began writing and posting book reviews to the internet, partially in effort to promote his own book Revelation and cement his name as a writer. All in all, he's written about a hundred reviews; yet his name and his book remain in relative obscurity. As he produced these reviews, he vastly revised his notion of what a book review (and a good book reviewer) should be. This collection gathers 70 reviews that Williams considers his finest pieces. Ideally, they should be read alongside the books they refer to; but they are also stand-alone works that offer fellow book reviewers and readers much food for thought.Regular readers of book reviews will find that Williams adopts a straightforward, critical style in contrast to some, letting the reader know right off the bat if a given production is lacking. Often this criticism of a book's effectiveness is because Williams disagrees with an author's approach or contentions, pointing out errors in either logic or delivery.The second thing to note about these reviews is that they reflect the opinions and approaches of their writer, who personalizes his style by using 'I' in a manner often omitted from more formal approaches to book reviewing.Thus, for one example, the first review contains the words "I have mixed opinions," "I was surprised," and "I think this is another flaw" (speaking of A Secret of the Universe, by Stephen L. Gibson). These injections of personal observation do not come unsupported. The review closely considers the work and pinpoints faults and the reasons why Williams chose to comment as he did, following flawless logic as he assesses each piece.The review of A.D. 62 Pompeii, in contrast, largely outlines the novel's plot of the novel, adding commentary on Rebecca East's solid character development and realistic portrait of the past based on her background as a professor and archaeologist.Each review demonstrates a successful strategy on the part of the reviewer, showing how critical observations can be supported by a book's structure, approach, and creation; and how a reviewer's determination of value involve more than just summarizing a plot.Not only does My Career as a Book Reviewer Defending the Faith successfully sum up the extent of one book reviewer's career; but it presents different approaches to reviewing. Book reviewers new to the industry and to writing about others' creations would do well to look at this collection as a series of templates for producing powerful reviews, which could easily serve as a solid example for creative writing classes covering the fine art of book reviewing.Here is what Chelsea L. writing for Bookplex had to say:This was an interesting book to review: a review of other reviews. I was reviewing a fellow book reviewer. I was seeing the books through his eyes, and the author had some interesting opinions. The book reviews covered many religions and world views. I would like to read some of the books that he wrote about. Each religion was well and equally covered, some I had not ever heard of before, so I feel like I learned a lot while reading this book. It’s not one that I would have read on my own, but I am glad that I did.Each book review was well organized and thoroughly covered, but not copied verbatim. I got a good feel of each book and what that author was trying to tell the reader. It was easy to read and I found no spelling or grammar errors. There is nothing that I would change about or add to this book.Here is what Manantia writing for Dog Eared Book Reviews had to say:What a clever way to write a book, using multiple book reviews as the subject: kind of a Book born from many books. I have to say I enjoyed that idea, more than the book itself. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t that I disagreed with the Author of Defending the Faith, as much as I did some of the authors of the books he reviewed. The author definitely gives plenty objective opinions on different beliefs about God. Many religions, thoughts and opinions are presented and reviewed.“Cosmic War” is mentioned many times throughout the book, and the author attempts to put all the opinions of said war into an order. I use the word “order” there loosely, meaning there seems to still be a struggle to make a definite. So much is opinion by mankind today, and I feel it should be more about simply what IS. Not what could be, might be, this because of that, or whatever. It’s simply because…GOD. Nothing blew up, to form earth, God showed Himself, a God that is worthy of all adoration: Nobody to question, just trust. Trust comes and Faith walks in. Faith walks in and trust happens. Whatever way one wants to say it, it’s still the same. That is my opinion, but it has also become my belief over my 56 years on this earth. Simply God! He is the ruler, creator of All. All in All! No doubting, just…it is so.I will say the writer does challenge the inquisitive reader, to dig a little deeper and seek out more truth. For me, that’s simple. Truth is Jesus, God and the Bible is given by inspiration of man, but through the Holy Spirit that revealed it to man. It is the living word of God. It is real to the believer.I do believe Fear, is what motivated a lot of the books that this author reviewed. That is probably why I couldn’t wrap my mind around some of their thoughts, as I felt they were all over the place, and never really landed on solid ground. This Author made his Faith clear to the reader and I appreciated that. He also managed to put a positive spin on the books reviewed, in order to come up with a logical explanation of his faith in God.Again, I have to say, I was most impressed that the Author of Defending the Faith was able to put several book reviews together in a format, to come up with a book all its own. Nothing less than brilliant! Kudos to the author for that!I am encouraged by these positive reviews and decided to pursue marketing of this book.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with MY CAREER AS A BOOK REVIEWER DEFENDING THE FAITH. 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Description: In my youth, I was always interested in writing, and I got a job that required me to write technical articles on how to operate mechanical machines and systems supplied by my employer. I was successful at that, but I never lost my interest in purely literary pursuits. I was also interested in science and religion, especially “The Book of Revelation.” Finally after thirty years, I decided to write an interpretation of Revelation myself.My book was ready for publication in 2002, and I released it through trough Xlibris Corporation. I revised it and published my revised version through iUniverse in 2008. I paid about a dozen professional book reviewers to review my book. They all posted positive reviews on my books, but here I am, eight years later with practically no sales of my book and frustrated.To increase my visibility to the book-reading public I began posting book reviews on The Internet. You would think my book reviews would attract some attention to my own book by then, but here I am, 85 years old, and haven't gotten anywhere with my writing career. Altogether, I wrote about 100 book reviews that I thought were pretty good, but I fear I will probably wind up with nothing to show for all my efforts as a writer. So, before everything falls apart, and I have to just give up my career as a writer, I thought I would try my hand at publishing seventy of my best book reviews through Amazon Kindle Publishing. Before pursuing with marketing of my book, I decided to seek opinions of others about the book.Here is what Diane Donovan of Midwest Book Review in California had to say about my book:In 2008, Maurice A. Williams began writing and posting book reviews to the internet, partially in effort to promote his own book Revelation and cement his name as a writer. All in all, he's written about a hundred reviews; yet his name and his book remain in relative obscurity. As he produced these reviews, he vastly revised his notion of what a book review (and a good book reviewer) should be. This collection gathers 70 reviews that Williams considers his finest pieces. Ideally, they should be read alongside the books they refer to; but they are also stand-alone works that offer fellow book reviewers and readers much food for thought.Regular readers of book reviews will find that Williams adopts a straightforward, critical style in contrast to some, letting the reader know right off the bat if a given production is lacking. Often this criticism of a book's effectiveness is because Williams disagrees with an author's approach or contentions, pointing out errors in either logic or delivery.The second thing to note about these reviews is that they reflect the opinions and approaches of their writer, who personalizes his style by using 'I' in a manner often omitted from more formal approaches to book reviewing.Thus, for one example, the first review contains the words "I have mixed opinions," "I was surprised," and "I think this is another flaw" (speaking of A Secret of the Universe, by Stephen L. Gibson). These injections of personal observation do not come unsupported. The review closely considers the work and pinpoints faults and the reasons why Williams chose to comment as he did, following flawless logic as he assesses each piece.The review of A.D. 62 Pompeii, in contrast, largely outlines the novel's plot of the novel, adding commentary on Rebecca East's solid character development and realistic portrait of the past based on her background as a professor and archaeologist.Each review demonstrates a successful strategy on the part of the reviewer, showing how critical observations can be supported by a book's structure, approach, and creation; and how a reviewer's determination of value involve more than just summarizing a plot.Not only does My Career as a Book Reviewer Defending the Faith successfully sum up the extent of one book reviewer's career; but it presents different approaches to reviewing. Book reviewers new to the industry and to writing about others' creations would do well to look at this collection as a series of templates for producing powerful reviews, which could easily serve as a solid example for creative writing classes covering the fine art of book reviewing.Here is what Chelsea L. writing for Bookplex had to say:This was an interesting book to review: a review of other reviews. I was reviewing a fellow book reviewer. I was seeing the books through his eyes, and the author had some interesting opinions. The book reviews covered many religions and world views. I would like to read some of the books that he wrote about. Each religion was well and equally covered, some I had not ever heard of before, so I feel like I learned a lot while reading this book. It’s not one that I would have read on my own, but I am glad that I did.Each book review was well organized and thoroughly covered, but not copied verbatim. I got a good feel of each book and what that author was trying to tell the reader. It was easy to read and I found no spelling or grammar errors. There is nothing that I would change about or add to this book.Here is what Manantia writing for Dog Eared Book Reviews had to say:What a clever way to write a book, using multiple book reviews as the subject: kind of a Book born from many books. I have to say I enjoyed that idea, more than the book itself. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t that I disagreed with the Author of Defending the Faith, as much as I did some of the authors of the books he reviewed. The author definitely gives plenty objective opinions on different beliefs about God. Many religions, thoughts and opinions are presented and reviewed.“Cosmic War” is mentioned many times throughout the book, and the author attempts to put all the opinions of said war into an order. I use the word “order” there loosely, meaning there seems to still be a struggle to make a definite. So much is opinion by mankind today, and I feel it should be more about simply what IS. Not what could be, might be, this because of that, or whatever. It’s simply because…GOD. Nothing blew up, to form earth, God showed Himself, a God that is worthy of all adoration: Nobody to question, just trust. Trust comes and Faith walks in. Faith walks in and trust happens. Whatever way one wants to say it, it’s still the same. That is my opinion, but it has also become my belief over my 56 years on this earth. Simply God! He is the ruler, creator of All. All in All! No doubting, just…it is so.I will say the writer does challenge the inquisitive reader, to dig a little deeper and seek out more truth. For me, that’s simple. Truth is Jesus, God and the Bible is given by inspiration of man, but through the Holy Spirit that revealed it to man. It is the living word of God. It is real to the believer.I do believe Fear, is what motivated a lot of the books that this author reviewed. That is probably why I couldn’t wrap my mind around some of their thoughts, as I felt they were all over the place, and never really landed on solid ground. This Author made his Faith clear to the reader and I appreciated that. He also managed to put a positive spin on the books reviewed, in order to come up with a logical explanation of his faith in God.Again, I have to say, I was most impressed that the Author of Defending the Faith was able to put several book reviews together in a format, to come up with a book all its own. Nothing less than brilliant! Kudos to the author for that!I am encouraged by these positive reviews and decided to pursue marketing of this book.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with MY CAREER AS A BOOK REVIEWER DEFENDING THE FAITH. To get started finding MY CAREER AS A BOOK REVIEWER DEFENDING THE FAITH, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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